'File 12/1 II CABLE & WIRELESS MUSCAT'

Title:

'File 12/1 II CABLE & WIRELESS MUSCAT'

Date:

1949/1949

Description:

Abstract: The file concerns the operations of Cable and Wireless Limited at Muscat.Correspondence on two separate topics has been merged in the file: (1) Correspondence concerning Abdul Jalil Zawawi, a Cable and Wireless probationer, who had run away from the Company's school in Karachi and gone to Lahore. The Company wished to enlist the assistance of the Political Agent, Muscat in obtaining the boy's repatriation from Pakistan to Muscat; (2) Correspondence concerning a request by the Company for the Political Agent's help in reopening negotiations with the Sultan of Muscat [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd] concerning a new draft telecommunications concession. The papers include a copy of a letter from the Overseas Telecommunications Department of the General Post Office to the Foreign Office, dated 9 November 1949, describing the state of negotiations over the concession.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 15; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.

Language:

English

Type:

Archival file

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Telecommunications

Rights:

غير معروف

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000000881.0x0000b3_ar
81055/vdc_100000000881.0x0000b3_en
IOR/R/15/6/404
IOR/R/15/6/404

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